Lynn Coady

When you're not sure your anger is justified, the thing to do is ask yourself exactly where it's coming from.

No one expects the doormat to stand upright, shake itself off, and amble down the street to seek its own happiness.

You can catch a scent in the wind - an idea, or a concept - and follow it. You can delve into your subconscious and see what happens, in a way you just can't when you're writing a novel.

I was so pleased to be at university to do physics and mathematics.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.

I've always tried to stay behind the scenes, and I intend to keep it that way.